Ascending the Borodudur
Asia, Indonesia, Jawa Tengah, Magelang, Borobudur, Tourists (cut from B & T)Shown here is the top of the Borodubur with its central and surrounding stupas. And of course some tourists.
Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple and the world's largest Buddhist one. It consists of nine vertically juxtaposed platforms topped by a central dome. The temple is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. The central dome is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues, each seated inside a perforated stupa.
It was designed in Javanese Buddhist architectural style, which blends the Javanese indigenous cult of ancestor worship and the Buddhist concept of attaining Nirvana. The temple shows the influences of Indian Gupta style.
It guides the visitors through an extensive system of stairways and corridors with many narrative relief panels on the walls
and the balustrades. Borobudur has the largest and most complete ensemble of Buddhist reliefs in the world.
Borobudur is still used for pilgrimage; once a year, Buddhists in Indonesia celebrate Vesak at the monument. The journey for pilgrims begins at the base of the monument and follows a path around the monument and ascends to the top through three levels symbolic of Buddhist cosmology Kamadhatu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness).
More about its history: After its construction in the 9th century it was abandoned following the 14th-century decline of Hindu kingdoms in Java and the Javanese conversion to Islam. It was ‘rediscovered’ in 1814 and since then preserved through several restorations. The largest restoration project was undertaken between 1975 and 1982 by the Indonesian government and UNESCO following which the monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
(Based upon info here)
Information about our gettting there and our stay is with the previous post: here.
(Kodak Gold 100 film - Kodak print, scanned with Canon MP610)
This is number 27 of a series of scans - the Les Années Argentiques album here and the and numer 8 of the Indonesia 1995 album here
Ascending the Borodudur
Asia, Indonesia, Jawa Tengah, Magelang, Borobudur, Tourists (cut from B & T)Shown here is the top of the Borodubur with its central and surrounding stupas. And of course some tourists.
Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple and the world's largest Buddhist one. It consists of nine vertically juxtaposed platforms topped by a central dome. The temple is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. The central dome is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues, each seated inside a perforated stupa.
It was designed in Javanese Buddhist architectural style, which blends the Javanese indigenous cult of ancestor worship and the Buddhist concept of attaining Nirvana. The temple shows the influences of Indian Gupta style.
It guides the visitors through an extensive system of stairways and corridors with many narrative relief panels on the walls
and the balustrades. Borobudur has the largest and most complete ensemble of Buddhist reliefs in the world.
Borobudur is still used for pilgrimage; once a year, Buddhists in Indonesia celebrate Vesak at the monument. The journey for pilgrims begins at the base of the monument and follows a path around the monument and ascends to the top through three levels symbolic of Buddhist cosmology Kamadhatu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness).
More about its history: After its construction in the 9th century it was abandoned following the 14th-century decline of Hindu kingdoms in Java and the Javanese conversion to Islam. It was ‘rediscovered’ in 1814 and since then preserved through several restorations. The largest restoration project was undertaken between 1975 and 1982 by the Indonesian government and UNESCO following which the monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
(Based upon info here)
Information about our gettting there and our stay is with the previous post: here.
(Kodak Gold 100 film - Kodak print, scanned with Canon MP610)
This is number 27 of a series of scans - the Les Années Argentiques album here and the and numer 8 of the Indonesia 1995 album here